Make sense of the world of cinema! Want to pull back the curtain on film? This hands-on, friendly guide unravels the complexities of film and helps you put cinema into a cultural context. You'll get an easy-to-follow introduction to different film genres and styles, learn about the history of cinema, get to know who makes up a filmmaking team, explore global cinema from Hollywood to Bollywood and much more.
Film Studies For Dummies will open your mind to how the film industry works and help you to discover the impact of film on popular culture. You'll get easy-to-read information on analyzing and critiquing film from a range of theoretical, historical and critical perspectives, and learn how people communicate ideas in film. You'll also be able to shine a light on how stories are developed in movies, understand how a storyline is related to broader issues in society and become a well-versed and insightful film student. Covers the narrative, artistic, cultural, economic and political implications of cinema Provides conceptual frameworks for understanding a film's relationship to reality Explores how people tell stories and communicate ideas in film Helps you excel as a student of film.
Whether you're planning to study film, a humanities student with a forthcoming module on film or a film enthusiast wondering if this might be the future for you, Film Studies For Dummies has you covered.
By:
James Cateridge
Imprint: Wiley
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 185mm,
Spine: 36mm
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9781118886595
ISBN 10: 1118886593
Pages: 408
Publication Date: 06 February 2015
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction 1 Part I: Getting Started with Film Studies 5 Chapter 1: Becoming a Fantastic Film Student 7 Chapter 2: Putting Words and Pictures into Motion: The Film-Making Team 25 Chapter 3: Watching the Stars Come Out: Film Stars, and Why We Love Them 47 Chapter 4: Building Movie Stories 67 Part II: Taking All Types: Genres, Modes and Style 89 Chapter 5: Distinguishing Films by Type: Genres and Style 91 Chapter 6: Getting Animated about Animation 123 Chapter 7: Leading from the Front: Avant-Garde Film 141 Chapter 8: Getting Real: The Truth about Documentary 157 Part III: Travelling a World of Wonders: Global Cinema 177 Chapter 9: Bringing Hollywood into Focus 179 Chapter 10: Enjoying the British Invasion: From Brit-Grit to Frock Flicks 201 Chapter 11: Admiring European Films: Culture and Commerce 221 Chapter 12: Mixing Monsters, Musicals and Melodrama: World Cinema 241 Part IV: Bringing In the Big Ideas: Theories and Beyond 261 Chapter 13: Theorising about Film: How Movies Work 263 Chapter 14: Praising Great Directors: Auteur Theory 283 Chapter 15: Exploring New Approaches to Film Theory and Beyond 307 Chapter 16: Outliving Celluloid: Cinema in the 21st Century 325 Part V: The Part of Tens 343 Chapter 17: Ten Film Writers You Need to Read 345 Chapter 18: Ten Must-Watch Movies 353 Chapter 19: Ten Film-Makers You Need to Know Better 363 Chapter 20: Ten Tips for Becoming a Film Student 371 Index 379
